Classification
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Eriobotrya Lindl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 96, 102 (1822)
 Description

Evergreen, unarmed shrubs or small trees;  stems spreading,  brown-tomentose when young.  Lvs usually clustered towards branchlet tips, sessile or short-petiolate, large, simple, serrate or rarely entire; stipules usually small, deciduous.  Infl. a terminal, broadly pyramidal panicle, usually tomentose.  Fls 5-merous, ☿, small, shortly pedicellate.  Hypanthium tubular, closed at apex.  Epicalyx 0.  Calyx of 5 persistent sepals.  Petals suborbicular, spreading to erect, white or cream.  Stamens (15)–20–(40).  Ovary inferior or semi-inferior;  carpels 2–5;  styles  2–5, fused at base;  ovules paired in each locule.  Fr. a moderately-sized to large fleshy pome, ovoid to ellipsoid or globular, with persistent calyx lobes;  carpel walls leathery;  seeds 1-few, large.

[From:  Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Eriobotrya Lindl.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Lindley, J. 1822: Observations on the Natural Group of Plants called Pomaceae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 88–106.
Liu, B-B.; Wang, Y-B.; Hong, D-Y.; Wen, J. 2020: A synopsis of the expanded Rhaphiolepis (Maleae, Rosaceae). PhytoKeys 154: 19–55.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.